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It's from the gem generation, and it used to be the only Pokemon starting with "Lil" until Black and White introduced Lillipup and Lilligant. The "shed light" part could be a reference to the fact that it's a fossil Pokemon that "sheds light" on scientific questions as opposed to a literal light.

Once a light among the black- It has the word torch in its name.
When black arrived I took that back- With the introduction of Emboar, everyone hated the Fire/Fighting type.
Yet I still shine bright like a gem-It's from the gem generation.
And shed a lot more light than them-Torchic has the brightest colours of the Fire starters.

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By "among the black", I meant that while most other unevolved fire starters had names that referenced blackened or burnt things (the char in charmander/chimchar and the cinders in cyndaquil), torchic's name referred to something bright, a torch. The second line meant that after the 5th gen came, torchic was no longer the only unevolved fire starter whose name didn't refer to something burnt and blackened, as tepig's name didn't either, but torchic was still the only one whose name referred to something bright, hence the final line.

I am a secret, hidden treat They can befound disguised as item balls.Although my scent is far from sweet I assumeI am hated and abhorred They are generally disliked for their diguising and the fact that they tend to explode at random.Leeching static from the core One of their abilities is Static.

I am a secret, hidden treat: Rotom is found hidden in a TV, and you need the Secret Key to unlock its Cut Forme in Platinum.
Although my scent is far from sweet: Lawnmowers generally don't smell too good.
I am hated and abhorred: It causes a lot of havoc and mischief, so it's probably disliked by a lot of people.
Leeching static from the core: It possesses electrical appliances and uses their "core" energy.

1st line: In Gen 5, it could no longer be found in the wild, but is still referred to in some parts of the game (such as the Castelia billboard)
2nd and 3rd: Everyone knows Pikachu, therefore some people dislike it for its mainstream popularity. They don't necessarily hate/abhor the Pokemon, just its popularity in the media.
4th line: Electric Pokemon are known for feeding off electricity from sources other than natural lightning. In The Electric Tale of Pikachu, he is introduced by feeding on electricity from Ash's house.

My guess is Stunfisk. The bottom line appears to mark the subject as an electric type, the second line would work due to fish smelling fishy, and stunfisk seems to be on the unpopular side, explaining the third line. Not sure about the first line though. Maybe because, being a flatfish, it hides on the bottom of the water?

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While it's unpopular and known for smelling awful, I think gloom's scent has been used for making perfume, so it's secretly a treat. Gloom can paralyze opponents with stun spore, so it "leeches" static by taking its paralysis effect.

Not likely, but we'll see if this works.

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If static doesn't refer to static electricity (though it still may well, I'm not sure how many non-electric types have any special relation to static electricity), that makes me think it has something to do with radio static or something like that? That makes me think of missingno. It's hidden in the code and is hated for messing with the game, and glitches tend to cause screens to go static. I'm not sure what the scent part means.

Seems unlikely again, but worth a shot.

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Is it Weezing? It's rather stinky, it could be hated as a team rocket pokemon, and it can learn thunderbolt... Not sure about the whole secret thing though

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How about Jirachi?I am a secret, hidden treat It's an event only Pokémon.Although my scent is nothing sweet Steel smelling nice? I don't think so.I am hated and abhorred It's disliked bacuse of all the hax associated with it.Leeching static from the core Not specifically static, but ParaFlinch is a common strategy for it.

I am a secret, hidden treat It... Is semi-rare, and the most usefull ones ae ecent exclusive.
Although my scent is nothing sweet Uh...?
I am hated and abhorred Imposter.
Leeching static from the core Um... Not sure... I get a Limber vibe from it though.